Raleigh, North Carolina
The Daily Planet Theater
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
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Raleigh, North Carolina
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Elk City, Oklahoma
An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."
Holbrook, Arizona
This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.
Wheaton, Illinois
Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Manteo, North Carolina
Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Beaufort, North Carolina
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.
Hamer, South Carolina
I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.